TYNDALL AFB, Florida, July 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Tyndall Air Force Base (325th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Zachary Nordheim, 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Airmen from the 325th Maintenance Group alongside various units from across the 325th Fighter Wing employed the Agile Combat Employment concept to raise wing-level readiness during exercise Crown Royal 24-5, July 15-19, 2024. They showcased their ability to dominate air power by generating, launching and  more

EGLIN AFB, Florida, July 26 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kayla Prather, Team Eglin Public Affairs The 96th Civil Engineer Group welcomed its new commander, Col. Michelle Sterling, during an assumption of command ceremony July 18. Brig. Gen. Mark Massaro, 96th Test Wing commander, passed the 96th CEG guidon to Sterling, representing the start of her command. "I'm positive that her leadership values of character, competence, community will serve th  more

ALBANY, New York, July 26 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * 13 Individuals Arrested for Roles in Multistate Operation that Sold Assault Weapons, Ghost Guns, and Cocaine AG's Investigation Recovered 74 Firearms, Including Assault Weapons and Ghost Guns * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the takedown of a multistate gun and drug trafficking network that sold assault weapons, ghost guns and   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 26 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is announcing a victory in Moody v. Freestone involving criminal activists who threatened and vandalized crisis pregnancy centers in Florida. In March 2023, Attorney General Moody pursued civil action against the defendants for vandalizing and intimidating multiple centers in Florida. Due to the civil action and securing a settlement, several of the defendants   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: We host internships in our science centers and regional offices around the country to help college students gain experience in the field. Our interns contribute to habitat conservation, science communications, resource assessment and management, endangered species protection, and more. Kathryn Youn Image Kathryn Youn standing next to a large circular fish tank. Photo courtesy of Kathryn You  more

DORAL, Florida, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Southern Command issued the following news release: NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) returned to their home port in North Charleston, July 11, after completing a 98-day patrol in the South Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. James' crew patrolled in support of Operation Southern Cross, promoting maritime governance with partners in the South Atlantic by working to illuminate and monitor i  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jennifer Parks, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Col. Fred E. Garcia II assumed leadership of the Cyber and Networks Directorate's Enterprise IT and Cyber Infrastructure Division during a ceremony at Hanscom Air Force Base, July 19. He succeeds Col. Justin Collins, who is preparing to retire. The division is part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Cyber and Networks Di  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Owl International Inc., Global 1st Flagship,* Irvine, California, is awarded a $20,652,538 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-22-C-4204) for the accomplishment of the Inactive Ships Maintenance Pearl Harbor requirement. Work will be performed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by August 2025. Fiscal 2024 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $4  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a sole-source, hybrid (fixed-price incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee) contract for $1,944,082,765 to perform the manufacture and assembly of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA All-Up Rounds for the U.S. government and Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case requirements. The work will be performed in Tucson  more

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, July 26 -- The South Florida Water Management District issued the following news: The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is extending the deadline for submittal of written comments for the Executive Summary and Appendix C (MFLs and Prevention and Recovery Strategies) as part of the Draft 2023-2024 Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan Update. All interested partners, stakeholders and the public are encouraged to review the documents and provide written commen  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 (TNSres) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on July 25, 2024: The board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) today approved a second quarter 2024 cash dividend at an annualized rate of 7.35 percent. "During the first half of the year we met our members' needs for stable liquidity, fulfilling our mission to support their businesses and promote affor  more

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, July 25 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis awarded funds for workforce development through the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund (JGGF) and the Workforce Development Capitalization Grant Program. Awards were made to St. Petersburg College to help establish the Semiconductor, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Training for Technicians (SMART Tech) 4.0 lab. These awards to St. Petersburg College will al  more

ORLANDO, Florida, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the results of a multi-year cooperative effort by federal law enforcement to prosecute criminal offenses originating from the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Coleman) in Sumter County, Florida. Since 2021, the Ocala Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office has prosecuted a wide range of criminal charges from  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Jared Dean Eakes (33, Jacksonville) with five counts of wire fraud and three counts of bank fraud. If convicted, Eakes faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count and up to 30 years' imprisonment for each bank fraud count. The i  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Navy Vice Adm. Alvin Holsey for appointment to the grade of admiral, with assignment as commander, U.S. Southern Command, Doral, Florida. Holsey is currently serving as military deputy commander, U.S. Southern Command, Doral, Florida. Navy Rear Adm. Peter A. Garvin for appointment to the grade o  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Navy Vice Adm. Alvin Holsey for appointment to the grade of admiral, with assignment as commander, U.S. Southern Command, Doral, Florida. Holsey is currently serving as military deputy commander, U.S. Southern Command, Doral, Florida. Navy Rear Adm. Peter A. Garvin for appointment to the grade of vice a  more

EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A district court judge in southern Illinois sentenced the owner of a south Florida-based telemarketing company to 25 years in federal prison for causing his employees to sell limited indemnity health insurance plans to unsuspecting consumers by means of false and deceptive practices. Steven Dorfman, 40, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, owned, operated, and f  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, July 24 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed two Iranian-backed Houthi missiles on launchers in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. It was determined these weapons presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, July 25 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed one Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) launcher in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. It was determined this launcher presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make int  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: Precision Lens and the estate of its former principal, Paul Ehlen, have agreed to pay the United States $12 million to resolve a case involving kickback payments to ophthalmic surgeons in violation of the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute. On February 27, 2023, a federal civil jury found that Precision Lens violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-K  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: A Florida man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $2.4 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) payments, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Mohamed A. Awad, 61, of Ocala, Florida, pleaded guilty on Nov. 20, 2023, before Judge Michael A. Shipp  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Today, U.S. Attorney Alexander M.M. Uballez for the District of New Mexico, Acting Special Agent in Charge Jason T. Stevens of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) El Paso, and Chief Patrol Agent Anthony Scott Good of the U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector, announced the unsealing of an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on July 17, 202  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Interns participating in the Office of Naval Research's Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston seized the opportunity to hear from Lt. Anca Selariu at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute on July 23. Selariu, a microbiologist assigned   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 26 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: A year after legislative Republicans blocked the implementation of more resilient building codes, the financial consequences across North Carolina are becoming clear. Communities across the state missed out on an estimated $70 million in federal FEMA funds this year due to the Republican veto override of HB 488 in 2023. Access to affordable homeowners insurance will become   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation is announcing $50 million in Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) awards to 15 collaborative research projects nationwide to expand participation and access to materials science-focused facilities, education, training and careers. NSF is investing over $50 million in total, which includes awards of over $4 million each to 11 partnering i  more

ORLANDO, Florida, July 26 -- The Orlando Economic Partnership issued the following news: The Orlando Economic Partnership (OEP) is pleased to announce key staff promotions and a significant leadership transition that will shape the organization's future. Danielle Permenter, vice president of talent and community development is now the chief development officer for the community and economic development organization. In her new role, Permenter will oversee OEP's strategic work in the areas of p  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Alfred J. Hamwey, 24, of Jacksonville, Florida, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 20, 2024. In January 1945, Hamwey was assigned to 360th Service Group, Combat Replacement Training Center, Far East Air Force, and deployed in present day Papua New Guinea. As p  more

PATRICK AFB, Florida, July 26 -- The Space Launch Delta 45, a unit of the U.S. Space Force, issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Spencer Contreras, Space Launch Delta 45 U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague and his crewmates from the NASA SpaceX Crew-9 mission met with Airmen and Guardians at the Sands Space History Center outside of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on July 23, 2024. The Crew-9 mission is scheduled to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center to the Internation  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- NASA issued the following news release: Boeing's Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA's Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module's forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China. NASA and Boeing will host a news conference with mission leadership at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 25, to provid  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces 91 scholarships awarded through the USDA 1890 National Scholars Program, one of the Department's efforts to develop the next generation of diverse food and agriculture professionals. The USDA 1890 National Scholars Program is a partnership between USDA and the 19 historically Black land-grant universities that were established under the Second M  more